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truth_n	father_n	john_n	worship_v	3,267	5	9.5375	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58423	Now or never: work out your salvation with fear and trembling; or, A serious exhortation to all poor sinners to lay hold upon Christ Jesus who is the fountain of all happiness, and who is the onely rock from whence doth spring all their comforts. Herein is also laid down several motives declaring the necessity of this work, that it ought not to be put off for to morrow; bnt [sic] that every poor sinner should strive to enter in at the strait gate now, while he hath an opportunity in his hand, lest he be snatcht away by death, and then it will be too late. The third edition, with additions. By B.R.	B. R.	1663 (1663)	Wing R8; ESTC R219714	10,551	27

might be laid down but I must be but short because there are some other things of great concernment to thy poor soul to speak something to before I come to a conclusion And that I may not leave a poor soul in darkness there are some few particulars that I would perswade a Christian to The first is this First Let me beg of thée to live as one that believeth there is a God and that this God is the Creator Lord and Ruler of the whole world Believe that this God is Almighty and that the greatest of men are less than worms in comparison of this great God Believe that God is wise powerful and that he is able to save thée and as he is able so he is willing if thou by a true and lively faith dost lay hold on him O live in the belief of this Secondly Live as one that doth believe mankinde is fallen into sin and misery and that all men are under the condemnation of the Law of God till they are delivered and live as men that consider that there must be a great change wrought in you before you come to die Thirdly Live as men that verily and truly believe that you are redéemed by Iesus Christ who hath suffered for your sins and brought the glad Lydings of Salvation to your poor Souls O believe in this Christ and lay hold on all the precious Promises that are in the Gospel O cast your selves upon him who is the Physician of your poor souls Fourthly Believe that the Holy Ghost is given by Iesus Christ to convert to quicken to satisfie all that he will save and that except you be born of the Spirit you shall never enter into the Kingdom of Heaven and that if any man have not the Spirit of Christ the same is none of his Rom. 8.9 Fifthly Live in this belief that Sin is the greatest evil and that which doth give the greatest offence to the Great and Holy God and that is the evil which the Lord abhorreth Sixthly Believe that this Sin will not be pardoned without repentance and this must be true repentance also which if it be so it will not let thee live in any gross sin Seventhly Live as members of the Church of Christ having communion with his Saints and live as those that believe there is a life everlasting where the sanctified shall live in endless joy and the wicked in everlasting woe Lastly Live as those that believe that this Life is given onely to make preparation for a better All that ever shall be done for your Salvation must be NOW or NEVER Live and believe that the world and the flesh are the deadly enemies of your Salvation If you live after the flesh ye shall die after it but if by the Spirit ye mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live Romans 8.13 Christians let me tell you that in all undertakings your onely aim should be the glory of God and you ought to do every thing with an obediential fear knowing that there is none in Heaven nor upon the earth can save your souls but the great God of Heaven and earth To this Obedience let me perswade you in a few particulars First The work of God must be done with fear and reverence God will be sanctified of all that draw near him God will be served as God and not as man God will not be prayed to with a regardless minde It is a dreadful thing for poor dust and ashes to speak to such a great God but it is a dangerous thing to speak slightly and irreverently of him It concerns every believing Soul to have more of the fear of God upon his heart than the common people of the world have for they that have tasted that the Lord is gracious have a great cause to have a reverential fear of his name Secondly It is requisite that you be very serious and sober in all your services you perform to God Be fervent and serious in séeking of God and your own salvation Thirdly Let your service to the Lord be performed with an understanding heart God delights not in the blinde devotion of men that know not what they do Prayers not understood are not prayers for no mans destres goeth beyond his knowledge and he expresseth nor his destres that knoweth not what he expresseth If understanding be necessary in our common discourse much more in our Addresses to the Most High A man of understanding is of an excel ent spirit but God hath no pleasure in fools Prov. 37.27 Fourthly God is a Spirit and he must be worshipped in spirit and in truth Iohn 4.24 The Father seeketh such to worship him God calleth for the heart he looketh upon the inward destres of the soul if that be right all will be well Fifthly The body hath its part in the service of God as well as the soul the body must express the inward reverence and devotion of the soul there ought to be a very decent behavior in every childe of God at all times but especially when he is about any work that concerns his souls health Sixthly God will be served with purity and foliness God a●● rreth the sacrifices of the wicked and disobedient those that serve him must have undefiled garments they must put on the white Robe of Christs Righteousness Seventhly God will be served universally and entirely in all his commands and with all your faculties your work of piety justice and charity must never be separated God will be served with love and delight O dear Christians consider what a glorious priviledge the Saints have who live always in the joys of the Lordland truly a Believer hath great cause of Ioy and the chief cause of his Ioy is that his sins are pardoned that God is reconciled to him in Christ Iesus he hath the promises of God that all things shall work together for his good even his greatest sufferings He is always in the care of a tender Father and he hath leave to draw néer unto him and open his heart to him in prayer even in the greatest straits and wants that can come to him Having thus in a brief and short discourse laid down in some particulars the duty of every poor soul that would have an interest in Christ Iesus I would it were the Lords good pleasure that I could perswade any poor soul to be desirous and diligent in attaining to that happiness which is to lay hold upon Iesus Christ and to relye onely upon him Cast thy self and all that is thine upon the shoulders of him who is able to hear thee and he is willing to bring thee through all difficulty if so be thou art willing to leave thy sins and repent thee of all thine iniquities If any man have an ear to hear let him hear O dear Christians consider these words now is the time that you are called upon now while you have opportunities now hear the Word preached by the faithful Ministers of the